Turkey Warns That They Will Look Elsewhere If The U.S. Does Not Sell Them F-35s

A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft. © Axel Schmidt / Reuters

Daily Sabah: Turkey will meet needs elsewhere if US does not sell F-35 jets, FM says

Turkey will turn to other markets if the United States does not allow it to buy Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was quoted as saying by reporters on his return flight from Germany.

There is no reason for the U.S. not to deliver us the F-35, and such a serious project cannot be canceled for artificial reasons, the minister stressed.

"Turkey has delivered its commitments until today. It has made its payments on time. This is not just a purchase of F-35 aircraft. It is a comprehensive agreement with strong legal infrastructure, which includes the production of some spare parts," Çavuşoğlu said.

Çavuşoğlu said there had not yet been any pressure from the U.S. administration to scrap a deal to buy the jets, adding this wasn't an agreement Washington could pull out of as it wished.

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Update #1: Turkey says US can't thwart deal to buy F-35 fighter jets -- i24 News
Update #2: Turkey warns US it will look elsewhere if Washington fails to deliver F-35 fighter jets -- RT

WNU Editor: Turkey is also hinting that they may do this if the U.S. does not deliver the F-35 .... Turkey Threatens to Deny US Access to Incirlik Base Amid F-35 Deal Tensions (Sputnik). My prediction .... the U.S. will keep their end of the contract, and they will start delivering the F-35 at the end of June.